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Epidural Blood Patch

Wyoming rates for HCPCS 62273

This procedure treats a persistent headache caused by a leak of spinal fluid, often following a prior spinal procedure, by injecting a small amount of the patient's own blood into the space around the spinal cord. The blood forms a seal over the leak, which typically relieves the headache.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Epidural Blood Patch cost?

$1,080

Typical total for the visit. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,080 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$224 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$741 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,148Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $174 to $550
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $741professional $339

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$478.63
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$28.18

Where Wyoming sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in New York than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Wyoming· 16th of 51

$1,080

$339 physician + $741 facility

NY $2,712MT $427

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.